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Episode 11 - "How can we talk to kids about time travel?"
Season 1 Episode 11
In this episode, Steve and Christabel sit down with author, podcaster and capricious god Iszi Lawrence to discover how to impart big ideas to small h…
2 months, 1 week ago
Episode 10 - "Why don't people just say what they mean the first time?"
Season 1 Episode 10
This week, Steve and Christabel take irony, malapropisms and poetry to task in their quest to find the meaning of meaning. To begin, they survey a co…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 9 - "Can we be in the same family again next time?"
Season 1 Episode 9
Can we be in the same family again?
This week’s question was posed by Ralph, who – after losing a beloved family dog – asked if he, his pet and his pa…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 8 - "Why do I have to wear a bike helmet but you don't?"
Season 1 Episode 8
Usually when Steve’s daughter asks why she has to wear a bike helmet whilst he doesn’t (tut tut), Steve responds “Because your head is important, and…
3 months ago
Episode 7 - "Is my brain a separate thing that tells my body what to do?"
This episode sees Steve and Christabel explore a topic that has fascinated philosophers for centuries in their attempt to answer Steve’s daughter's q…
3 months, 1 week ago
Episode 6 - "When will I die?
Season 1 Episode 6
Content note: extensive discussion of death, mortality and loss.
This week’s episode is an existential crisis courtesy of Steve's daughter, who asks “…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 5 - "Why do people make the same bad choice again and again?"
In this episode, Steve and Christabel smash through Marxian false consciousness as they answer this week’s question: “Why do people make the same bad…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 4 - "Am I Too Perfect?"
To answer this week’s question, “Am I too perfect?” Steve and Christabel begin with a brief survey of a selection of religious conceptions of human p…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 3 - "How long is a minute?"
Season 1 Episode 3
This week, Steve and Christabel try their best to avoid suffering the fate of John William Dunne, who was laughed out of metaphysics circles for prop…
4 months ago
Episode 2 - "What's the best favourite colour to have?"
This week Christabel is on a mission to convince us that navy blue is the objectively best colour. In her efforts to do this, she enlists the help of…
4 months, 1 week ago